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Guest CRM deep dive: how Taybl remembers your regulars

Short answer: Every guest who books a table or buys an event ticket becomes one record – matched by email or phone – carrying their visit history, reliability, tags, notes and special occasions, so your front of house (and your marketing) always knows who’s walking in.

Why it matters

A guest who books a table on Tuesday and buys a supper club ticket on Friday is the same person, but only if your systems agree on that.

What it does

One guest, one record

Bookings and ticket purchases resolve to the same guest via email/phone matching, even if they book differently each time.

Reliability tiers

An Excellent/Good/Fair/Needs Attention score built from attendance, no-show and cancellation history, visible to staff before they accept a big booking enquiry.

Tags & notes

Flag VIPs or waitlist-priority guests, and staff can leave named notes on a profile.

Special occasions

Birthdays and custom anniversaries (e.g. "wedding anniversary") trigger reminders automatically.

Visit insights

Total visits, typical day/time, average party size and lead time, all computed live, not stale reports.

Guest lookup at booking

Search for an existing guest while creating a booking; their tags and dietary notes surface inline.

Multi-venue sharing

Two venues under the same group can opt in to share guest history between them.

What it costs

Monthly fee £69 per venue
Commission or per-cover fees Never
Bookings + Rota £99 per venue
Bookings + Food Safety £99 per venue
Bookings, Rotas & Food Safety £139 per venue
Team members Unlimited, every plan

Worth a callout

Dietary notes on a guest’s profile are staff-entered by design – they’re not an automatic rollup of what a guest ticked on one specific booking. That’s deliberate, so the permanent record stays under staff control rather than guessing from a single visit.

Get started

Guest CRM comes with Bookings, included for every Taybl customer. Start a 14-day free trial with a free onboarding session.

FAQs

Do I need a separate CRM tool? No – the guest record lives in the same platform as your bookings and tickets, matched automatically by email or phone.

Can guests see their own reliability score? No – it’s visible to staff only, to help judge booking enquiries.

What happens if a guest is merged by mistake? Guest records can be merged and edited by staff at any time.

Stop paying for software built 20 years ago

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